Matchbox Chords

by The Beatles
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Difficulty: beginner
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Author Kraziekhat [pro] 64,755.
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A7
A
D7
E7

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Matchbox:Beatles.
#6 Canada and #17 USA on BB Hot 100 on
PARLOPHONE Records in 1963.
 
INTRO:  A7 A
 
#1.
A
I said, I'm sittin' here watchin' a matchbox 
                   A7
holdin' my clothes.
            D7
I said, I'm sittin' here wonderin', matchbox 
           A
holdin' my clothes.
  E7                          D7
I ain't got no matches, but I sure got a long 
       A   E7
way to go.
 
#2.
       A                                          A7
I'm an ol' poor boy, and I'm a long way from home.
           D7                                A    A7
I'm an ol' poor boy, and I'm a long way from home.
     E7                      D7
I've never been happy, cause everything I ever did 
    A     E7
was wrong.
 
#3.
E7           A
Well, If you don't want my peaches honey..please don't 
              A7
shake my tree.
       D7
If you don't want Ringo's peaches honey..please don't 
               A   A7
mess around my tree.
      E7                 D7                      A
I got news for you baby, leave me here in miser..y..
  E7
alright.
 
 
(INTERLUDE:) A D7 A E7 D7 A
 
#4.
E7           A                                           A7
Well, let me be your little dog, till your big dog comes.
       D7                                    A     A7
Let me be your little dog, till your big dog comes.
              E7                 D7                       A
And when your big dog gets here..watch how your puppy dog runs.
 
OUTRO:
E7                A
Well, I said, I'm sittin' here watchin' a matchbox holdin' 
           A7
my clothes.
            D7                                          A
I said, I'm sittin' here wonderin', matchbox holdin' my clothes.
  E7                          D7                     A    E7 A
I ain't got no matches, but I sure got a long way to go.
 
 
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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